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Really pumped about this Crickets Make Math song I just mastered, wanted to share it. Dan does some amazing things with a computer. Check it out below.

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Polished up the website recently, and just did some great work for Macon Noise/Truffelina and Crickets Make Math. I’ll post up the albums as soon as they are out.

Monash University has a large amount of lectures around communication and performance studies. I’ve listened to a few and they are fantastic, but this one sticks out to me as an amazingly insightful and scientific look at DIY culture. its called “The Paradox of “Do-It-Yourself” in Unpopular Music ”

“This paper examines the construction of ‘Do-It-Yourself’ (DIY) values in music-making. The importance of agency and participation as existing outside of the mainstream field of music is argued to be part of a process of music production, consumption and distribution that cannot be simplified according to a ‘mainstream versus alternative’ model. This dichotomy is a persistent one, but investigation into a small music making community revealed that social actors situating themselves in opposition to dominant norms will engage in complex and contradictory ways within the music field. It is more useful to talk of a continuum of music production rather than clearly bounded

Check it out on the link below. its really fantastic.

http://arts.monash.edu.au/ecps/podcast/ecps-podcast-files/2008-03-06t1400-borlagdan-do-it-yourself-music-culture-society-conference.mp3

http://arts.monash.edu.au/ecps/podcast/ecps.xml

Gonna start something new, Wisdom tuesday, where I post a bit of wisdom from something I read this week. Today is from an interview with Pat Maine on Audible Hype.

“AH: What are the most common mistakes you see opening (and headlining) acts making — both onstage and on the road?

Pat Maine: Alright! I like this one. KNOW YOUR ROLE IN THE SHOW. As an opener, you are opening it up for the next guy and more importantly the headliner. IT’S NOT YOUR SHOW. Nobody is there for you,, no matter how dope you truly are. STOP ROCKING A LONG SET. Try relating with this strange new audience by giving praise to the headliner as a fellow fan. HYPE FOR THE HEADLINER.”

Check the link below for the whole article about touring.

http://www.audiblehype.com/blogs/business/2011/mar/11/pat-maine-touring-gigs-diy-hip-hop/

We are proud to announce two new albums out by two of our artists. Win Peter Winters, self-titled Full length album and Joey Cobra’s New Ep. Both are available at the store and more information can be found at

www.winpeterwinters.com
and
joeycobra.bandcamp.com

When not locked up in the studio with his own songs, himself Chris Bell is quite the freelance guru, two of the last projects are Grey Milk’s ‘Nocturnal EP’ (mastering) and The Yellow Kites’ (mixing/string arrangements/mastering) are now available. Links are below

Grey Milk’s Bandcamp.

Yellow Kite’s Myspace

Win Peter Winters Tour

Below are the 1st half of the Win Peter Winters tour dates. Check out www.winpeterwinters.com for more info.

9/15/10 Thu Arts House Baldwin Wallace – Berea, OH
9/16/10 Fri Bela Dubby w/Trepanning Trio – Lakewood, OH
9/17/10 Sat Jasha’s House - Indianapolis, IN
9/18/10 Sun The House Café – DeKalb, IL
9/20/10 Tue Ipsento – Chicago, IL
9/21/10 Wed House of Valdar – Green Bay, WI
9/22/10 Thu Acoustic Café w/Beacon James – Eau Claire, WI
9/23/10 Fri The Local Blend – St Cloud, MN
9/24/10 Sat Red Rooster – Aberdeen, SD
9/25/10 Sun Secret SD show – ?, SD
9/26/10 Mon Acadia showcase – Minneapolis, MN
9/27/10 Tue Monk’s Kaffe – Dubuque, IA
9/29/10 Thu Copper River – Peoria, IL

Here at Silent Home Records we had to find a way to beat those midweek blues, so instead of Casual Fridays, we started ‘Pantless Wednesdays’ a day where we can come in and relax, enjoy the day from the comfort of our desk as we please. Now its your turn. Send in pictures of how you beat the midweek blues, or you pantless at work(inappropriate pictures will not be posted, just kept for our personal collection, and don’t do it if you’ll get fired) and we’ll post the best up every week.

Those Phan-tastic Phantasm-inites are headed out on tour with Johnny Action Figure. We are proud of them and you should check them out and their hot new songs. dates posted below.

Phantasm Tour. www.enterthephantasm.com

Aug 03 The Stanhope House Stanhope, PA
Aug 05 The Chameleon Club Lancaster, PA
Aug 06 Reverb Reading, PA
Aug 09 Church Boston, MA
Aug 10 Spike Hill Brooklyn, NY
Aug 11 Fontana’s New York, NY
Aug 13 Legendary Dobbs Philadelphia, PA
Aug 16 HMAC Harrisburg, PA

We are proud to announce we will be releasing Win Peter Winters first album this September. Cellist Chris Bell goes classical in this mythical tale of gods and man. Featuring Israeli songwriter Noa Babayof and a cast of string players, this is one fantastic album. Songs can be heard at

winpeterwinters.com

Joey Cobra was interview by Chautauqua Word about his split with Joel Murray.

it can be downloaded on www.crword.com